The Genesis Foundation is an organization in Gary, Indiana that promised to revive the city “and thriving capitalism” and now gives half of it jobs, scholarships, a school and a daycare, while hiding a secret laboratory, children recruited with injections, and a “moon door.” Its slogan is “It Only Takes Time.”
| Leader | Clara Kling (CEO, director) |
| Spanish entry | Genesis Foundation |
Buildings
Its main building is unfinished, “a mix of shopping center and conference centers,” with tunnels over a street “that end in nothing.” Its most secure center, on the outskirts, stands on the old truck stop: at least three floors (visitors reach the third), a staffed gatehouse, offices, daycare, school and laboratories called “workshops.” Military-style guards take everyone’s weapons at the entrance. In the basement someone once pointed and said: “that is the moon door we have.”
The site is an old crossing of energies, like those Europe marked with megaliths; the Indians marked it with stones. Indiana’s caverns and portals all pass through the Foundation.
Levels
- Public layer: daycare, school, scholarships with exams, internships, jobs, and a planned technology hub. Entrants sign a kind of contract whose content is unknown.
- Inner layer: research on metahumans “or people with powers”; programming, biology and genetics; injections to subjects recruited from childhood; implanted life support devices tied to mind control; and Black Ops funded “to finish off their rivals or possible enemies.” Field operatives are hired, equipped and paid an initial bonus of 10,000 (currency unstated), and must report progress.
It speaks of “the future, education and freedom” and of restarting things, hence the name Genesis. Observers compare it to Scientology and “talentist” movements.
Independence
It has some tie to the government but its own agenda: “we are not a government agency and in fact cannot be recognized in any way.” A member called it “the Ford Foundation of a brave new world,” the same line claimed by the Alpha Complex. It seeks descendants of Morgan under population-control clauses. Four HG robots defend it: three its own, one on loan.
The disappeared
Its staff tend to vanish: a “very promising” member; Francis Le Pen, a young Frenchman from an inner office; the boyfriend of Emily, there for a few months. There was at least one traitor on the Foundation’s side.
Conflicting accounts
- Another version holds the Foundation’s leader is a vampire, stated and then qualified; whether that figure is Clara Kling is unclear.
Open questions
- The contract’s terms, the founding date, and why the building is unfinished.
- Numbers of children, staff and disappeared; who lent the fourth robot.